RSView Supervisory Edition Installation Guide

2 • EXPLORING RSVIEW STUDIO• • • • •Browse buttonTo open a context menu1. Position the mouse pointer over the icon, display, or object, and then right-click themouse.Using the Browse buttonThe Browse button appears beside text boxes. You can type information into the box, oryou can click the Browse button to open a list containing valid entries for the box, or asearch window in which you can search for and select a valid entry.Using tag namesTags are stored in devices, data servers, and in the HMI tag database. Their names areused in other parts of RSView. You do not have to create tags in the RSView HMI Tagseditor before you work in other RSView editors.2 • PlaceholderSupplying a tag nameTo supply a tag name when creating a component, use one of these methods:• Type the name of a tag. You do not have to create the tag to use the tag name, but besure to create the tag later or errors will be reported at run time.• Click the Browse button or Tags button, whichever is available, to open the TagBrowser, where you can select or create a tag.For detailed information about tags, see Chapter 8, Working with tags.Using RSView commandsRSView commands allow you interact with and control application components. Mostcommands accept parameters for added precision and control.You can set up keys and graphic objects to issue commands at run time. You can also issuecommands from the HMI server’s command line, or create a list of commands in a macro,and run the macro in places where those commands are required.Using the Command WizardThe Command Wizard helps you select and build commands.Opening the Command WizardTo open the Command Wizard, use one of these methods:• Click the Browse button beside a text box where a command is expected, for example,in the Press action box for a button object, or in the command line.• Double-click in a box where a command is expected or in the Macros editor.2-15